Hang it all!

Since I will need to use the panniers soon, I must finish making them.

All that is left to do is make and attach the hanging apparatus.  

My brother bent flat steel into 8 hooks for me and drilled the screw holes...I painted them glossy black.

My dad cut flat aluminum for anchoring the hooks...

The aluminum gets sandwiched between the leather and the canvas.

I poked and punched holes in the leather for the screws to go through, carved channels for the stitching, poked all the thread holes, and wore out my fingers stitching the leather to the canvas.

Since the paint on the hooks needs to dry fully, I attached these two for demonstration's sake alone...

I am very pleased with how it looks!

Oh, I  do need to waterproof the leather before the hooks are permanently secured...